'Vliet man pleads guilty to weapon possession

ALBANY -- A Watervliet man pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon, Wednesday, and is looking at 13 years in prison.

According to District Attorney David Soares, on Aug. 18, 2012, Shamir LeFlore fired several shots at an individual at a Washington Avenue residence.

Additional, LeFlore faces concurrent prison term of 15 years to life for an unrelated incident involving possession of an illegal firearm. According to Soares, In May a jury found LeFlore guilty of pointing a .32 caliber handgun at a woman unknown to him. She then told police she saw him throw the weapon under a parked car.

He will be sentenced for that crime on Thursday by Judge Gerald Connolly. He will be sentenced to the crime he most recently pleaded guilty to on Sept. 10.

Bureau Chief of the Financial Crimes Unit Daniel Lynch is handling the prosecution of this case.